μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Swallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.)

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary swallowings. · view the constellation · filed as F912.3

Scholars’ trail — 2 references (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 140.
Within the index

Filed under Victim kills swallower from within.

1 finer motif beneath it
Swallowed person tickles serpent's throat and is disgorged
Filed beside it
Victim kills swallower from within by burning Victim kills swallower from within by cutting
Travels with
Person swallowed and disgorged Victim pecks on swallower's stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes

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